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s-rhiggin4 | 1 Jun 2007 16:38
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Can't Complie

I installed MikTek and then WinEdt on my fiancé's laptop.  I have
restarted WinEdt and rebooted the machine.  Unfortunately, I can't
compile.  I get the message:  "Error starting LaTex!"

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Alan Ristow | 1 Jun 2007 16:59
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s-rhiggin4 <at> math.unl.edu wrote:
> I installed MikTek and then WinEdt on my fiancé's laptop.  I have
> restarted WinEdt and rebooted the machine.  Unfortunately, I can't
> compile.  I get the message:  "Error starting LaTex!"

Open a command prompt and type "latex --version". You should see 
something like this:

MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.6.2693 (1.40.3) (MiKTeX 2.6)
Copyright (C) 1982 D. E. Knuth, (C) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh
TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society.

If you see that, MiKTeX is installed correctly and your problem lies 
with WinEdt. In that case, you'd best seek advice from the WinEdt 
mailing list.

If, on the other hand, you see a message indicating that the latex 
command is unrecognized, it suggests that MiKTeX is installed 
incorrectly. In that case, the first thing to do is make sure the path 
to the bin directory in your MiKTeX folder (e.g., C:\Program 
Files\MiKTeX 2.6\bin) appears in your PATH environment variable 
(right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click the Advanced tab, 
then the Environment Variables button).

Alan

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s-rhiggin4 | 1 Jun 2007 18:07
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It works now!!

Thanks

> s-rhiggin4 <at> math.unl.edu wrote:
>> I installed MikTek and then WinEdt on my fiancé's laptop.  I have
>> restarted WinEdt and rebooted the machine.  Unfortunately, I can't
>> compile.  I get the message:  "Error starting LaTex!"
>
> Open a command prompt and type "latex --version". You should see
> something like this:
>
> MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.6.2693 (1.40.3) (MiKTeX 2.6)
> Copyright (C) 1982 D. E. Knuth, (C) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh
> TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society.
>
> If you see that, MiKTeX is installed correctly and your problem lies
> with WinEdt. In that case, you'd best seek advice from the WinEdt
> mailing list.
>
> If, on the other hand, you see a message indicating that the latex
> command is unrecognized, it suggests that MiKTeX is installed
> incorrectly. In that case, the first thing to do is make sure the path
> to the bin directory in your MiKTeX folder (e.g., C:\Program
> Files\MiKTeX 2.6\bin) appears in your PATH environment variable
> (right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click the Advanced tab,
> then the Environment Variables button).
>
> Alan
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Bernhard Enders | 1 Jun 2007 16:54
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This kind of problem is (in general) more related to WinEdt than to
MiKTeX, so I think you should post this question in the WinEdt users
list (winedt+list at wsg.net). By the way, can you compile any latex
document at command line? Have you read WinEdt's Diagnosis Summary (in
options | Configuration Wizard...)?

Bernhard.

On 6/1/07, s-rhiggin4 <at> math.unl.edu <s-rhiggin4 <at> math.unl.edu> wrote:
> I installed MikTek and then WinEdt on my fiancé's laptop.  I have
> restarted WinEdt and rebooted the machine.  Unfortunately, I can't
> compile.  I get the message:  "Error starting LaTex!"
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
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Philip G. Ratcliffe | 1 Jun 2007 17:14
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> This kind of problem is (in general) more related to WinEdt than to
> MiKTeX, so I think you should post this question in the WinEdt users
> list (winedt+list at wsg.net). By the way, can you compile any latex
> document at command line? Have you read WinEdt's Diagnosis Summary (in
> options | Configuration Wizard...)?

I think Alex might not entirely agree with you there.

Anyway, the very first thing to do is open a DOS box and type latex - if
MiKTeX is installed correctly then you should get something like

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (MiKTeX 2.6)
** 

If you do, then you should check the WinEdt | Configuration Wizard |
Diagnosis tab - it'll tell you what it finds and what it doesn't.
If not, there is a problem with MiKTeX - maybe the path has not been set
correctly.

Cheers,  Phil

P.S. You didn't alter the WinEdt configuration by any chance?  | Options |
Configuration |

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Bernhard Enders | 1 Jun 2007 17:34
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On 6/1/07, Philip G. Ratcliffe <philip.ratcliffe <at> fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> > This kind of problem is (in general) more related to WinEdt than to
> > MiKTeX, so I think you should post this question in the WinEdt users
> > list (winedt+list at wsg.net). By the way, can you compile any latex
> > document at command line? Have you read WinEdt's Diagnosis Summary (in
> > options | Configuration Wizard...)?
>
> I think Alex might not entirely agree with you there.

Sorry, I have assumed in my assertion that the OP already did some
successful (LaTeX) tests at command line first before posting...

Bernhard.

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Ulrike Fischer | 1 Jun 2007 17:28
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am Freitag, 1. Juni 2007 um 17:14 schrieb Philip G. Ratcliffe:

> Anyway, the very first thing to do is open a DOS box and type latex - if
> MiKTeX is installed correctly then you should get something like

> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (MiKTeX 2.6)
> **

> If you do, then you should check the WinEdt | Configuration Wizard |
> Diagnosis tab - it'll tell you what it finds and what it doesn't.
> If not, there is a problem with MiKTeX - maybe the path has not been set
> correctly.

Miktex doesn't add the path to the PATH variable itself. So the test
could fail even if miktex has been installed correctly. And winedt is
quite able to call latex even if the binaries are not in the path as
long as it finds the main texmf-tree.

So the right course is:
First add miktex/bin to the PATH. Then test latex on a command line.
If this works then there is probably a winedt problem (in which case
the OP should at least mention which version he installed).

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Philip G. Ratcliffe | 1 Jun 2007 17:41
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> Miktex doesn't add the path to the PATH variable itself.

Well, it got in there somehow in my (XP) setup and I certainly didn't put it
in by hand myself.

> So the test
> could fail even if miktex has been installed correctly. And winedt is
> quite able to call latex even if the binaries are not in the path as
> long as it finds the main texmf-tree.
> 
> So the right course is:
> First add miktex/bin to the PATH. Then test latex on a command line.
> If this works then there is probably a winedt problem (in which case
> the OP should at least mention which version he installed).

Yes, of course, it's always advisable to give some minimal info such as
version numbers.

Cheers,  Phil

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